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Usually incessant ticking is an air leak on the inlet side so the pump is trying to draw in air. Have you tried disconnecting the metal fuel inlet line and blocking the inlet hole with your finger? The pump should stop. If it does then there’s an air leak somewhere on the inlet side either at the u...

Hi My standard SU electric fuel pump never stops ticking! Even when there is no demand for fuel it will tick every second. I have stripped it down, checked the diaphragm, points, and 'throw-over'. There is no problem with the float bowl needle, or float. If I remove the top of the float bowl with th...

Excellent! Every day is a school day as the saying goes. Well, I shouldn't think there is much chance of that 'breather' ever getting blocked.

This is for a bigger SU but it should be similar on your carb. You can see the 'clip' at the base of the brass outlet connection in this listing https://www.ebay.ie/itm/255532995022?hash=item3b7ef411ce:g:ZAAAAOSw4Ilev9-C&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAABEL8tPfD%2F3fvAf5WVDfu6RaJykRV%2FLkY4yy%2FPh26lVDthBvK...

panky wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:00 pm If you look where the float chamber outlet is there should be what looks like a small metal clip set against the carb body, this is the cover for the vent/overflow. It is a simple hole drilled in the casting.

Sorry but I still cannot find it. I have just looked.

Make sure the vent on the fuel bowl is open. If it's closed, the bowl will become pressurized and push fuel into the carb. I cannot see a vent on the fuel bowl on my H1 carb - is there one? If so where? Today I have re-checked the float bowl fork is correct setting (9.5mmm bar) when it shuts the ne...

Hi all that are still interested! Having done some more investigation I am sure I have a carb problem. I removed the carb form the manifold and there was a small pool of fuel sitting in the manifold inlet. I dried it all out (manifold, plugs, cyclinders) and replace dplugs. Then I cranked the engine...

Ah okay thanks. I may do teh same then, if/when I get round to insuring it.

Hi Kevin I cannot do anything with the engine hot at the moment as it does not start at all now! Just wet plugs no start. As a starting point with mixture I have wound the jet nut in fully, then out 12 flats. I have seen this reference point in other forum posts. I guess the carb jet could be worn. ...

This continues to frustrate...! I have rechecked the ignition system. Oddly I did find that the insulator on teh contact breaker terminal post was in teh wrong position, yet it has been starting as explained in firts post. I now have the lead from teh condensor and points on below the plastic insula...

Thanks 'simmitc' I do appreciate your thoughts on this. It just seems that I have checked the usual stuff so many times. I guess it must be something strange and more far-fetched. All the electrics are new, and the ignition system components are new (except the distributer but all electrical compone...

Hi
All checked - again many times. Whilst I can see these are valid things to check with a non-starter, it does not really explain my problem. Surely if any of the things you have mentioned were a problem, then the engine would not start first time, every time, after being left overnight.
Steve

Hi simmitc
I have a good spark at all plugs. I have tested this several times using an Accuspark Flash Tester to confirm spark visually.
Regards
Steve

OK folks - having tried again, yetserday and today, I know that this is NOT a hot start problem! The problem is real, but not related to a hot engine. Today I started her up first time, as usual for first start of the day (same yesterday). Then I stopped the engine after a minute. So, engine not hot...

Thanks Dusty56
Seems like the best way forward.
Regards
Steve

Les My reference to 'Time Wasters' on Ebay was related to bidders that ask lots and lots of questions, request many photographs and documentation etc. Then they bid without ever actually viewing the car in person, and then decide not to pay up or collect the car. This is anecdotal but I have heard i...

Thanks Rocco - I have also had the split windscreen out and back in to change the rubber. Now that is not a job I ever want to do again! As for the engine, it has been stripped, head skimmed and new hardened valve seats, new valve guides, new valves, new bearings (big end and main), new water pump, ...

Hi ManyMinors Yes I'm sure getting it sold in one go would be a better option. I'm just very frustrated with the whole scenario at the moment. Another of the many unfinished projects to hit the For Sale pages! There are no Minor specialists down here that I am aware of. There is a North Devon MM clu...

Thanks, yes I agree it woud be a shame but I am at the 'cut my losses and move on' stage!
I would not expect to recoup what I have spent, I know that even professionally restored Minors don't sell for the money spent. Maybe I will advertise it 'as is' and see if I get any interest.

Hi I have been restoring a SII 1953 that came into my possession after my Auntie passed away about 18 months ago. I do not have a passion for these cars but thought it would be nice to get it back on the road in her memory. Well unfortunately that dream has stalled and I do not have the will and mot...